Literature on the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
Welcome to the International Research collection of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). We hope to create a comprehensive list of research related to AVP. If we are missing anything, please contact us.
The literature in this collection is grouped under four headings: 1. Descriptions of AVP – non-research literature about AVP (e.g., descriptions of AVP workshops and discussion of the history of AVP) 2. AVP Research – evaluations of AVP and other research about AVP 3. Related research – research that is relevant to AVP but is not directly about AVP (e.g., research about related programs or violence prevention) 4. Research methods (coming soon) – discussion about research designs, methods & instruments that might be used in AVP research.
To help you find relevant material, we are adding keywords in square brackets, e.g., [quantitative, anger, prison].
Please note: We are taking care to ensure we respect copyright , but if we have slipped up and you are the copyright owner of any resource here and are not happy for it to be available through this collection, please let us know.
Some suggestions for where to start
For some descriptions of AVP try:
AVP International. The AVP international website provides a variety of material about AVP. For more on the program including how AVP started and its core values, see The AVP Program.
Garrison, G. (2014, CA)Albertans Make Peace on the PrairiePeace Magazine, Jan-March, p. 16. Background to AVP and a description of an AVP workshop.
Shuford, J. (2009, US) AVP: An Instrument of Peace. Friends Journal, January 1 2009. An overview of AVP, with a focus on Transforming Power.
To start looking at research on AVP try:
Walsh, P., & Potter-Daniau, D. (2017, IE). AVP Ireland impact report. Dublin: Alternatives to Violence Project Ireland. (Note: A summary of the research is also available.) This Irish report, by Pyers Walsh and Dorothée Potter-Daniau, includes a brief overview of literature, and findings from semi-structured interviews with AVP facilitators and analysis of AVP evaluation questionnaires by participants in prison workshops.
Kayser, T., Roberts, L., Shuford, J., Michaelis, J. (2014, US) Minnesota AVP anger study,International Journal of Trauma Research and Practice, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 2-13. (Starts on page 5 of the PDF.) Terry Kayser, Laura Roberts, John Shuford and John Michaelis discuss AVP in the context of prisons, including comments from corrections officials, before presenting the findings from a small study exploring the impact of AVP on the feelings of anger of participants in a series of AVP prison workshops in Minnesota, USA.
Labatt-Simon, J. (2008, US) Alternatives to Violence Project Internet Facilitators Survey, (Unpublished paper.) Jackie Labatt-Simon discusses the findings from a survey of 287 AVP facilitators in the USA. Topics explored included motivation for continuing with AVP, involvement in AVP, and the USA newsletter and conference.
Roberts, L., White, G., Yeomans, P. (2004, US) Theory development and evaluation of project WIN-a violence reduction program for early adolescentsJournal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp.460-483. [Link to abstract only.] Although this paper is not officially about AVP, the program they discuss was based on AVP and is similar. In the paper, Laura Roberts, George White and Peter Yeomans, explain the theory behind WIN (and AVP) and discuss the impact of WIN on the cooperative attitudes toward classmates and toward conflict of Year 5 students from a school in Pennsylvania, USA.
Walrath, C. (2001, US). Evaluation of an inmate-run alternatives to violence project: The impact of inmate-to-inmate intervention. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 697. This quantitative evaluation took place in a medium-security state correctional facility and explored anger, self-esteem, optimism, and locus of control. The research found that AVP led to reduced levels of anger and confrontation, and inmates generally had lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of optimism after 6 months.
Literature on the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)
Welcome to the International Research collection of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP). We hope to create a comprehensive list of research related to AVP. If we are missing anything, please contact us.
The literature in this collection is grouped under four headings:
1. Descriptions of AVP – non-research literature about AVP (e.g., descriptions of AVP workshops and discussion of the history of AVP)
2. AVP Research – evaluations of AVP and other research about AVP
3. Related research – research that is relevant to AVP but is not directly about AVP (e.g., research about related programs or violence prevention)
4. Research methods (coming soon) – discussion about research designs, methods & instruments that might be used in AVP research.
To help you find relevant material, we are adding keywords in square brackets, e.g., [quantitative, anger, prison].
Please note: We are taking care to ensure we respect copyright , but if we have slipped up and you are the copyright owner of any resource here and are not happy for it to be available through this collection, please let us know.
Some suggestions for where to start
For some descriptions of AVP try:
To start looking at research on AVP try:
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